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GOP Pushes Bill To Sell Off ‘Excess’ Federal Lands

ByGuest Post January 31, 2017

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Michael Bastasch A top Republican lawmaker introduced legislation ordering the Interior Secretary to sell off 3.3 million acres of “excess” federal lands in western states. Utah Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz’s bill, if passed, would allow the Trump administration to sell parcels of federal lands to private parties and states….

Abuse of Authority

A Battle Is Brewing Over Obama’s ‘Land Grabs’ In The Western US

ByGuest Post April 6, 2016

By Michael Bastasch Republican lawmakers and ranchers relying on access to federal lands are gearing up to push back against the Obama administration’s use of a century-old law to lock up millions of acres of public lands from development. The White House has used the Antiquities Act of 1906 designate more than 260 million acres of federally-controlled lands…